Powder holder and shaker.



- M. MARX & J. L. RUDE.

POWDER HOLDER AND SHAKER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1908.

944,341 Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

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POWDER HOLDER AND SHAKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

Application filed September 5, 1908. Serial No. 451,897. (ModeL) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Mosns MARX and JAMES L. RUDE, citizens of theUnited States, residing in the city and county of Denver and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PowderHolders and Shakers; and we do declare the followin to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in holders for powder, being moreespecially intended for use in pool and billiard rooms, in order thatthe powder may be convenient for use upon the hands of the players whenthey become moistened by perspiration.

Our object is to provide a device of this character in which the box orpowder holding element may be readily removed from the supportingstructure in which it is mounted, in order that the receptacle may berefilled or a new one of like construction substituted.

Our improvement as illustrated in the drawing consists of a supportingbracket with which is connected a yoke or inverted Ushaped member, tothe lower extremity of which is pivoted a ring having an interiorlyprojecting flange to engage a flange formed upon the bottom of thepowder box. This ring is provided with screw threads below its flangeadapted to receive a handle which is screwed thereinto, this handlebeing of sufficient weight to readily return the box and this holdingring to their normal position after the box has been tilted for thepurpose of removing a portion of its contents.

Having briefly outlined our invention, we

through the box, its engaging ring and a handle for securing the box inplace. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the powder box shown in detail.Fig. 5 is a top view of the box.

' The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all theviews.

Let the numeral 5 designate a bracket which may be attached to a wall 6by means of suitable fastening devices 7. The outer extremity 8 of thisbracket is bent downwardly and provided with an eye 9 with which isconnected the outer extremity of a chain 10 whose lower extremity has aneye '12 to which is pivotally connected the upper extremity of a yoke13. The top of this yoke is curved as shown at 14. Its side arms 15below the curved portion, are parallel. The lower extremities of thesearms are pivoted upon trunnions 16 with which a ring 17 is provided.This ring is angle-shaped in cross section, and is composed of ahorizontal flange 18 and a vertical flange 19. The trunnions 16 areformed on opposite sides of the vertical flange. The horizontal flangeforms a stop, which is engaged from below by the flange 20 of the powderbox 21.

In connecting the box with the ring, the box is passed upwardly throughthe ring until its flange 20 engages the lower surface of the member 18of the ring. The inner surface of the member 19 of the ring is threadedto receive the upper metal extremity 22 of a handle 23. This handle isscrewed into the ring and locks the box securely in place. The handlemay be composed of wood or any other suitable material. In the drawingit is assumed that the handle is of wood and that the top part 22consists of a metal disk secured to the wood body by screws 24.

In practice the device is so constructed that it normally assumes theposition shown in Fig. 1, that is to say, with the powder box upright.hen it is desired to use the powder, the box is tilted by the use of thehandle 23 to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. It will thusbe observed that when the parts are assembled, the box 21, the ring 17,and the handle 23 are trunnioned upon the lower extremity of the yoke orhanger, in such a manner that the box normally assumes the uprightposition to prevent the escape of the powder. The weight of the handleor the part below the trunnions should be such as to automaticallyreturn the box to its upright position after it has been tilted for use.The box is provided with openings 25 in the top thereof, for the escapeof the powder. This portion of the box may be of any suitable orconvenient construction since nothing is claimed upon the specialconstruction of the box except so far as the flange connected with itslower extremity is concerned, or the portion of the box whichfacilitates its connection with the ring. The box 21, of course, may beemployed for holding any substance other than powder, in case it shouldbe desired to place the same therein. The device, however, is speciallyintended as a powder holder for use in pool and billiard rooms, asheretofore explained.

When the device is in use, it is assumed that it contains powder, thetop being perforated to permit its escape when the box is tilted to theproper position as shown in Fig. 2.

It will be understood that after the contents of the box have beenexhausted, it may be removed and refilled or a new box substituted, bysimply unscrewing the handle which will allow the box to pass downwardlythrough the ring. After filling, the same box, or another box containingthe powder may be passed through the ring, and secured in place byscrewing the handle into position whereby the lower flange of the box isclamped between the horizontal flange of the ring and top disk of thehandle.

It must be understood that we do not limit the invention to the detailsof construction herein shown and described, as we are aware that manychanges may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention,as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A powder holder and shaker comprising a receptacle having anextension handle, a. yoke in which the shaker is trunnioned to cause itto assume normally a position with I the receptacle uppermost, andflexible suspension means connected with the yoke to permit shaking.

2. An article of the class described, com prising a receptacle having anextension handle, a yoke having parallel side arms, a ring surroundingthe shaker and trunnioned on the yoke arms to cause the shaker toassumenormally a position with the receptacle uppermost, and flexible meansconnected with the yoke to permit shaking.

3. A holder comprising a suspended yoke having parallel side arms, aring trunnioned on the arms at their lower extremities, a powderreceptacle d'etacharbly connected with the ring and projecting upwardlytherefrom, and a handle also connected with the ring and extendingdownwardly therefrom, substantially as described. I

4. A holder of the class described comprising an inverted U-shaped yoke,means connected with the top of the yoke for supporting the same, and adevice trunnioned upon the yoke and comprising a ring, a-box detachablyconnected with the ring and extending upwardly therefrom between theyoke arms and a handle detachably connected with the ring and extendingdownwardly therefrom, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a U-shaped yoke normally occupying an invertedposition, a ring trunnioned on the yoke and angular in cross section,whereby it consists of a. top

horizontal flange and a depending or vertical flange, the latter beinginterlorly threaded, a-box whose bottom is provided with acircumferential horizontal flange, the box being of a size to passthrough the ring, its bottom flange being adapted to engage the topflange of the ring, and a depending part whose upper extremity isadapted to screwinto the depending flange of the ring to lock the box inplace, substantially as described.

6. A device of the class described comprising a suspension bracket, aflexible device connected therewith, an inverted U-shaped yoke connectedwith the flexible device and an article trunnioned upon the yoke, theupper portion of the article consisting of a receptacle for powder orother material, and the lower portion consisting of a hand-pieceextending downwardly and of sufficient weight to normally maintain thearticle in the upright position, substantially as described.

7. An article of the class described comprising suspension means, adevice trunnioned .thereon, and whose upper port-ion consists of 'a boxadapted to contain powder and whose lower portion consists of a handleof such weight as to cause the device tonormally assume the uprightposition, the box being readily detachable from the device,substantially as described.

8. An article of the class described com' prising suspension means, aring trunnioned thereon, a box detachably connected with the ring andnormally extending upwardly therefrom, and a handle detachably connectedwith the ring, and normally extending downwardly therefrom.

9: A device of the class described comprising a suspension yoke, ahandle normally extending downwardly from the yoke, the upper extremityofrthe handle having a ring trunnioned on the yoke, and a box detachablyconnected with the ring of the handle, and normally extend-ing; upwardlytherefrom, substantially as described.

10. An article of the class described, conr prising suspension means,including a rigid element and a flexible element, and a device pivotallymounted on the rigid element to normally assume an upright position, the

-- upper portion of the device consisting of a container, While thelower portion below the pivot consists of a handle.

In testimony whereof We affix our signs tures in presence of twowitnesses.

MOSES MARX. JAMES L. RUDE. Vitnesses A. EBERT OBRIEN, A. J. OBRIEN.

